Spring blooms - Part 4 - Stuff is really taking off

First 2 blooms on the Apple Blossom Grass 'Whirling Butterflies' that I got from HCG.

First bloom on Apple Blossom Grass 'Pink Cloud' that I got from Cocoa_Lulu. Thanks Cocoa!

First bloom on another NOID Rose.

Noid Coreopsis that I got from my sister a couple weeks ago.

Hey, TJ. Whenever you have time, just come on by and I will share whatever I can. Yours are lookin' good, lookin' good.

Christi

million bells

tracie

geranium

new dl, Awesome Blossom

St Josephs Lilies with Cyclamen

My mysterious coreopsis bloomed today. I just love it!

broncbuster, I am so jealous of your hollyhock. I could never get them to grow.
aggiegrl, your daylilies are awesome.
Beautiful pictures everyone, I am realy enjoying this.

belinda's dream roses

sweet potato vine

Amaryllis and Iris

Aren't the Sweet potatoe vine blooms delightful! Haven't grown any for a few years but do I remember them having a delicate fragrance?

This bloom is a wildflower. I have been shopping for an ID but it is too pretty not to post...

Bronc, your noid rose might be an Erfurt. Is it a climber or a shrub. Erfurt is an antique rose with a musk scent and doesn't get very big. The flowers will have very short stems.

My little damianita has survived a hit and run on my driveway. Luckily I propped it up in time so it has recovered.

Siloam Double Classic FFO with friend. didnt really double that much this time, but it is still pretty!

tracie

Time Lord FFO

The strawberry geraniums have sent up their delicate flowers

Oakleaf hydrangea.

Does the strawberry geranium require much moisture? Does it bloom thru the summer? The reason I ask is I rarely see it grown in the south. SIL has a beautiful patch in MO.

Silver, which photo are you referring to?

Here's a wildflower that I have allowed to grow in my Texas bed and I thought it was just an interesting looking plant until I saw these blooms. Anybody know what it is? It's the purple one.

Bronc, it looks like Venus looking glass. A pretty and tall wildflower, that is know to come up in lawns (including mine). It's not the super invasive type that will talk over though and is easy to pull. If the bed is more traditional, I'd go ahead and pull it. If it's a wildflower bed, I'd leave it.

http://www.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/tjdpe.htm
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/55426/

I have that patch of strawberry geraniums in a very dry bed, although it also will thrive with moisture. It really doesn't like any sun.
Poor damianita! I was angry when I saw it uprooted, thinking someone had "weeded" for me. Then I realized, I had done the damage backing out of the driveway.

ok--loved all your pictures ---i think my garden is doing great but i don't do pictures yet--the only real problem i have is my gerber daisiys--they say full sun but if they aren't really wet the flowers wilt -----------are they just not good for texas? i remember the same thing last year ( i know, i know-------------then why did i buy them again?)

i love my Gerbers. took me a while to get them where they like it, though. mine are in full morning sun and dappled to full afternoon shade. they will wilt in the strong afternoon sun.

tracie

Daylily Russian Rhapsody FFO

Nacogdoches Pansy FFO, hybridized right down the road in Nacogdoches, TX.

Same here with the gerbers...morning sun, afternoon shade. They die down in the winter only to come back bigger and better in the spring. One of my very first bloomers.

Christi

Bronc, I was talking about the pink rose you posted a picture of on April 29.

thanks christi and aggie---mine have shade in morning --afternoon sun--i will switch them around since they really are pretty-------when they aren't wilting

another daylily, Waiting for Peace FFO

tracie

my first morning glory, a little worse for the weather.

Species Parrot Glad started blooming early this year!

tracie

I have a red Gerbera that has been growing and blooming in deep shade for 15 years. Wasn't deep shade when I planted it, but it seems happy, so I haven't had the heart to move it. It does better than the ones I plant in partial sun.

isn't that interesting--i guess the daisy would do ok in all sun if it were not so hot? i moved mine to part shade now--

The glad is wonderful. I don't have good luck with the regular variety so guess I will just enjoy yours. soo pretty.

Christi

I still have a few clamatis and roses blooming.
Here is New Dawn, I really like this rose.

new dawn rose